entomology

⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅ MSU Extension Service Time is running out to preregister for the 2022 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course. The course, scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the Cotton Mill Conference Center in Starkville, is hosted by...

A Beautifully Orchestrated Hand-Off ⋅ BY BRENDA CAROL ⋅ Circa late 1980s — “The Boll Weevil Eradication Program was one of the most significant developments in cotton production over the past 50 years. It was terribly unpopular at first, but I...

Tyler Towles recently joined the Louisiana State University AgCenter as a field crop entomologist stationed at the Tom H. Scott Research and Extension Center near Winnsboro. His official start date was May 1. His position’s responsibilities are split as 80%...

James Harper from Louisiana State University received the 2018 Foundation for Environmental Agriculture Education $3,000 scholarship. Also known as the Richard Jensen Scholarship, it commemorates one of the early members of the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants. Two other...

For Beverly Catchot, collecting insects has always been a family affair. “When my husband was studying entomology at Mississippi State in the 1990s, we made collecting insects a family activity. We’d all get out there with our black lights and...